New Year’s Resolutions for the Garden
This is the time of year when we sit around the table - look out at a snow covered yard, probably on a cloudy day and get depressed! If the sun would shine - it wouldn’t be so bad… If it were closer to April and the snow would start to melt - hey that would be great!
But — we can only sit and dream a little and resolve to do better for our garden this year!
New Year’s Resolutions shouldn’t always be centered around losing weight and exercising. How about ways to make the gardens look better come spring and summer!
Heidi (our retail manager) and I came up with a few resolutions for the garden. The list could go on and on … Come up with your own!
1) I will remove any buckthorn that I find. It’s alot of work - but so much better for the yard.
2) That over-grown shrub in front of the house — as much as I like it - it is now time for it to go and I’ll replace it with a new variety.
3) Even though my neighbor will give me more of the hosta she divides - I want to try a new and different variety. Perhaps one with larger leaves, maybe a variegated one makes your head turn when you walk by it…
4) The winters are warmer now - I resolve to try one new perennial that is marginally zone 4 hardy. I want to live dangerously. Zone 5 - here I come.
5) Petunias, and marigolds. They’re so reliable. I’ll keep on planting them - but a few less. I want to try a new annual variety.. Perhaps a different color than most.
6) I’m going to finally get the name markers by my perennial plants. I’ll find the stakes this winter, and the marking pen and come spring - I’ll get them labelled.
7) I’ll faithfully fertilize, amend the soil in the beds that need a little help and mulch where I can. 
And finally - I will get those tulip and daffodil bulbs planted this fall so NEXT spring - I’ll have that early spring color.
